Improvement in hand corn-planters



E R0 GER S. Hand Gurn-Planters.

Patented Nov. 18, 1873.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI ROGERS, or EocEESTEE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,701, dated November18, 1873 application filed June 21, 1873.

To all whom fit may concer-n:

Be it known that I, ELI ROGERS, of Rochester, in the county of Fultonand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HandCorn-Planter; and I do `hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which-Figures l and 2 are vertical sections; Fig. 3, a horizontal section.

The invention will first be fully described and then pointed out in theclaims.

A is a double hopper, having a handle, B, and partition a3. The forwardend of the handle B is slotted to receive the forward end of the leverC, which projects rearwardly, passes through a slot in the back ofhopper A, and

is pivoted to the upper end ofbar D. To

- seed. The holes in plate al register with those of bottom a2, wherebyboth seed and plaster are simultaneously dropped. The dropping- Slide Iis thrown forward to receive seed and plaster for another hill by aspring, K, connected with the said slide and with the lower part of thehopper. The cap L is placed upon the lower part of the seed-box A, whereit is secured in place by two Spring-catches, M, which pass up upon theopposite sides of the lower part of the hopper A and catch in notches orteeth formed in said sides. The lower part of the cap L is formed by twoparallel plates, N O, one ofwhich is stationary, and the other pivoted.To the upper part of the pivoted plate O is attached a hook, P, whichhooks upon a crank, Q, pivoted to lugs attached to the lower part of theseed-box A. Upon the crank-shaft Q is formed, or to it is attached, anarm, R, to the outer end of which is pivoted the lower end of theconnecting-rod S, the upper end of which is pivoted to the bar D by thesame bolt that pivots said rod to the lever H. With this arrangementtheplates N O, which are pressed close together by the action of the springK, are forced into the soil, and the rear end of the lever G is drawnupward or toward the handle. This Vmovement operates the slide I, anddrops the seed and plaster by spreading the plates N O apart. As thelever C is released the spring Kmoves the various parts of the machineback to their former position. By pressing on the lever C and handle B,the slide I and plate O are caused to drop the seed and plaster.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, iS-

1. The cam-hook I? on the plate O, and the crank-shaft Q, combined, asdescribed, with the hand mechanism, as and for the purpose described.

2. The springs M M, combined with cap L, to hold the latter detachablyin position on the body of the planter, as specified.

ELI ROGERS.

Witnesses ENOCH STUEGEON, J. H. SMITH.

